This is tasty and elegant at the same time. You will get all sorts of raves!!!
Provided by Debbie Gill
Categories Meat Appetizers
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 1. Preheat a medium cast iron skillet or other heavy bottomed frying pan over high heat. Rub beef with olive oil and seson with salt and pepper. Place beef in hot pan and cook, turning once or twice until crusty brown outside but still quite rare inside, 4-5 minutes total. Remove to a plate and let cool. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, about 4 hours or as long as 2 days.
- 2. On a lightly floured work surface, roll each pastry sheet to a thickness of about 1/8 inch. Using an oval biscuit cutter preferably with a crinkled edge make a total of 96 (2 1/4 inch) pastry ovals. Arrange half of them 1 inch apart on foil or parchment lined baking sheets and brush lightly with water. Using a small round biscuit cutter, remove a 3/4-1 inch circle from center of remaining pastry ovals. Gently place each hollow oval on top of moistened pastry. aligning edges to form a sandwich. cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled 30 minutes or as long as 2 days. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- 3. Bake chilled pastry until puffed and golden brown 15 to 20 minutes. transfer to a rack and let cool. If any of the center indentations have puffed up, press down with a wooden spoon handle (if made in advance. store airtight at room temperature up to 2 days. Freeze for longer storage)
- 4. Remove any visible fat from chilled beef and cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch chunks to fit inside pastries. Top with about 1/2 teaspoon mushroom duxelles. Bake until pastry is crisp and mushroom topping bubbly hot, 5-8 minutes. Garnish with a watercress leaf. Serve warm.
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Brad Kelly
[email protected]I'm not sure what I did wrong, but my Wellingtons turned out really bland. I followed the recipe exactly, but they just didn't have much flavor.
NTRRajib Hasan
[email protected]These were perfect for a party appetizer. They were easy to make and everyone loved them.
Yeam Hasan
[email protected]I was really excited to try this recipe, but I was disappointed with the results. The pastry was tough and the beef was dry.
Tayyab Anwar
[email protected]These were delicious! I made them for my family and they all loved them. I'll definitely be making these again.
Touhid Islam
[email protected]I'm not a fan of mushrooms, but I still really enjoyed these. The pastry was flaky and the beef was tender.
Naiema
[email protected]These were a lot of work, but they were worth it. They were so impressive and everyone loved them.
Miriam Ferrera
[email protected]I thought these were just okay. The pastry was good, but the beef was a little tough.
Pumza Mahanjana
[email protected]These were so good! I've never made beef Wellington before, but these were surprisingly easy to make. I'll definitely be making them again.
Rupesh Kumar Yadav aytb
[email protected]I'm not sure what I did wrong, but my Wellingtons turned out really bland. I followed the recipe exactly, but they just didn't have much flavor.
Rane Ran
[email protected]These were perfect for a party appetizer. They were easy to make and everyone loved them.
Divine Arubu
[email protected]I was really excited to try this recipe, but I was disappointed with the results. The pastry was tough and the beef was dry.
Rethabile Lehakwe Keme
[email protected]These were delicious! I made them for my family and they all loved them. The only problem was that they didn't make enough! I'll definitely be making these again.
Zero seven abaya Shop
[email protected]I've made this recipe a few times now and it's always a crowd-pleaser. The only thing I would change is to use a different type of mushroom. I'm not a big fan of cremini mushrooms.
Sk Sayed Khan
[email protected]These were a bit more work than I expected, but they were worth it. They were so impressive and everyone loved them.
Qamar Fayyaz
[email protected]I'm not a big fan of beef Wellington, but these bite-sized ones were really good. The pastry was flaky and the beef was tender.
Liven jj
[email protected]These bite-sized beef Wellingtons were a hit at my last party! They were easy to make and so delicious.